Prefidence
(Pref"i*dence) n. The quality or state of being prefident. [Obs.] Baxter.
Prefident
(Pref"i*dent) a. [Cf. L. praefidens overconfident. See Pre-, and Confident.] Trusting beforehand; hence,
overconfident. [Obs.] Baxter.
Prefigurate
(Pre*fig"u*rate) v. t. [L. praefiguratus, p. p. See Prefigure.] To prefigure. [R.] Grafton.
Prefiguration
(Pre*fig`u*ra"tion) n. [L. praefiguratio.] The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.
A variety of prophecies and prefigurations.
Norris. Prefigurative
(Pre*fig"ur*a*tive) a. Showing by prefiguration. "The prefigurative atonement." Bp. Horne.
Prefigure
(Pre*fig"ure) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prefigured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefiguring.] [F. préfigurer, or
L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before + figurare to figure. See Figure, and cf. Prefigurate.] To
show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. "Whom all the various
types prefigured." South.
Prefigurement
(Pre*fig"ure*ment) n. The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured.
Carlyle.
Prefine
(Pre*fine") v. t. [L. praefinire; prae before + finire to limit, determine: cf. F. préfiner.] To limit
beforehand. [Obs.] Knolles.
Prefinite
(Pre*fi"nite) a. [L. praefinitus, p. p.] Prearranged. [Obs.] " Set and prefinite time." Holland.
Prefinition
(Pref`i*ni"tion) n. [L. praefinitio.] Previous limitation. [Obs.] Fotherby.
Prefix
(Pre*fix") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prefixed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefixing.] [L. praefixus, p. p. of praefigere
to fix or fasten before; prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. préfix fixed beforehand, determined, préfixer to
prefix. See Fix.]
1. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition
to an agreement.
2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently. [Obs.] " Prefixed bounds. " Locke.
And now he hath to her prefixt a day.
Spenser. Prefix
(Pre"fix) n. [Cf. F. préfixe.] That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined
or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.
